Hacker Punishes Netflix for Refusing to Pay Ransom

posted by Michael Harthorne, Newser Staff -

A hacker going by The Dark Overlord claimsto have stolen and released 10 episodes of the new season of Orange Is the New Black more than a month before its official release on Netflix.

Varietyreports the hacker was demanding an unspecified ransom from Netflix, uploading the first episode of the upcoming fifth season to a file-sharing site Friday as proof.

The next nine episodes were uploaded early Saturday morning after The Dark Overlord claims Netflix refused to pay them. The hacker says they're "quite ashamed to breathe the same air" as Netflix, as they were being entirely "reasonable and merciful" with their ransom offer. Neither Varietynor the APhave been able to—legally—confirm the authenticity of the episodes uploaded by The Dark Overlord.